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| Supreme Court reinstates death sentence for Tenn. inmate |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 01/25/2005 |
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Tennessee won a bid at the U.S. Supreme Court this week to reinstate the death sentence of a man convicted of bludgeoning to death an elderly couple in Memphis in 1980. The Sixth U-S Circuit Court of Appeals had twice set aside Gary Bradford Cone's death sentence. In 2002, the Supreme Court disagreed with the appeals court that Cone's attorney during the trial was ineffective. The Sixth Circuit reconsidered the case last year and sided with Cone again, on grounds that instructions to the jury were unconstitutionally vague. Justices today set aside that decision as well in an unsigned opinion. Cone was convicted of killing Shipley and Cleopatra Todd, ages 93 and 79 respectively, following a two-day crime spree that included a 112-thousand dollar jewelry store robbery, the wounding of a policeman and one other person and the theft of a car. Cone claimed drugs and the stress of his wartime Vietnam experiences led to the crime. |
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